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'It had been a long year, and I needed a holiday. I was so tired I didn't even know where to go. Just somewhere different, faraway, even exotic. I browsed online travel agencies and tourism sites until I found myself exactly where I wanted to be: at NASA's Exoplanet Travel Bureau.close' (Introduction)
'You can only imagine what it would have been like. On 1 July 1871, the warrior chief Dabad and his men stood and watched the lugger Surprise as it slowly headed towards the island of Erub in the Torres Strait.' (Publication abstract)
(p. 50-54)
Kalei"In her arms she cradles the kale, knowing these are precious days. She stares",David Stavanger,
single work poetry
(p. 65)
'It costs 3 Pounds to visit the gateway to hell. Midsummer and I'm somewhere on the border between Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire, staring down the black gullet of a cave that forms part of Creswell Crags. My five-year-old son's fingers are clammy, pressed against my palm.' (Publication abstract)
(p. 167-176)
Moonshoti"in the tenth set he sent the tennis ball on",J. Taylor Bell,
single work poetry
(p. 177-179)
'We turn off the highway onto the dirt road, my body tense and waiting. All the rain has ruined the grading in places, but the small ruts are nothing compared to how it used to look when we were kids. Now we bring our kids, to show them how we were shown. But not all. None of us can look at the empty seat.' (Publication abstract)